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Does the codification of consumer law improve the ability of consumers to enforce their rights? - a UK-perspective
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Twigg-Flesner, Christian (2016) Does the codification of consumer law improve the ability of consumers to enforce their rights? - a UK-perspective. In: Heiderhoff, Bettina and Schulze, Reiner, (eds.) Verbraucherrecht und Verbraucherverhalten: Consumer law and consumer behaviour. Europäisches Privatrecht (44). Baden-Baden: Nomos. ISBN 9783848727223
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Abstract
Behavioural economics is shedding much-needed new light on how consumer law and policy could be re-shaped to reflect more accurately the way consumers really behave, rather than how they ought to behave on the basis of the economic model of the rational consumer. This contribution considers what insights behavioural economics might offer for how consumers respond when they encounter a post-purchase problem, such as faulty goods, inadequate services, or unfair contract terms. In particular, the focus will be on whether the design and presentation of the law itself could have an effect on how consumers react when they are faced with a problem post-purchase. The context for this is the recent experience in the United Kingdom, where aspects of consumer law have recently been consolidated into a new Consumer Rights Act 2015 (“CRA”).This raises the question whether the way consumer legislation is designed could influence the way consumers respond. Although the perspective in this paper is influenced primarily by the reform developments in the UK, it should be of wider interest as several European jurisdictions are considering whether to adopt or maintain separate consumer codes.
Item Type: | Book Item | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
Series Name: | Europäisches Privatrecht | ||||
Publisher: | Nomos | ||||
Place of Publication: | Baden-Baden | ||||
ISBN: | 9783848727223 | ||||
Book Title: | Verbraucherrecht und Verbraucherverhalten: Consumer law and consumer behaviour | ||||
Editor: | Heiderhoff, Bettina and Schulze, Reiner | ||||
Official Date: | 2016 | ||||
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Number: | 44 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 261 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
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